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01 Apr 2015 9:54:10am

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I'm a parent of four, all past their teens by now. I do know that it is imperative that we be truthful with our children, particularly about drugs. Rudimentary research would reveal to Hitchens that there is no causative link between mental illness and the use of cannabis and, while this canard retains pseudo-legitimacy, we continue to deceive our children. While cannabis use may exacerbate an underlying mental illness, it does not cause mental illness.